Preoperative cardiology consultations for geriatric patients with hip fractures rarely provide additional recommendations and are associated with prolonged hospital stays and delayed surgery: a retrospective case control study.

Objectives: Hip fractures are increasingly common among the elderly population, who often present with a high burden of comorbidities necessitating preoperative stabilization. As a result, preoperative cardiology consultations are frequently conducted in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to investigate the additional recommendations provided by preoperative cardiology consultations and the impact of consultations on the management and outcomes of elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.

Management of complex pilon fractures: Is it necessary to fix all the columns in AO/OTA type 43-C fractures?

Introduction: Surgical treatment of AO/OTA 43-C pilon fractures has not yet taken a standard form. We aimed to evaluate whether patients that appeared to be labelled as unsupported columns according to the four-column theory would affect long-term clinical and radiological outcomes.

Materials And Methods: Patients with AO/OTA 43-C type who were treated surgically between January 2010 and December 2019 were included in the study.

A New Perspective on the Diagnosis of Septic Arthritis: High-Resolution Thermal Imaging.

Aims: An increase in temperature in an area suspected of septic arthritis is a clinically important finding. The aim of this study is to evaluate temperature changes in septic arthritis with a high-resolution thermal camera.

Methods: A total of 49 patients, who were evaluated with a prediagnosis of arthritis (septic or non-septic), were included in this study.

Surgical treatment of a traumatic open anterior hip dislocation in a child: A case report and review of 13 cases in the literature.

Due to the high probability of infection and avascular necrosis, traumatic open anterior hip dislocation poses a serious orthopedic emergency. Despite the emergency of the issue, it appears to be an under-researched topic in the literature. In this study, we present open anterior hip dislocation with both trochanteric fractures in a child and review other pediatric cases from the literature.

Extension-block pinning to treat bony mallet finger: Is a transfixation pin necessary?

Background: Extension-block pinning is a popular treatment for mallet fractures, but it is associated with several pitfalls. Of note, transfixation Kirschner wires used to fix the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint may cause iatrogenic nail bed injury, bone fragment rotation, chondral damage, or osteoarthritis. The objective of this study was to determine whether a transfixation pin was necessary for extension-block pinning in the treatment of bony mallet fracture.